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| 6"x 6" x 1" acrylic on canvas |
I came, I saw, I painted
Sunday, November 26, 2017
Here's Jeff Goldblum
Another face!
Jeff turned out pretty good. I might be figuring out the right order to layer things when I paint these faces.
Friday, November 24, 2017
Two Christophers
Today I painted two faces at the same time, going back and forth between the two.
There is Christopher Walken:
...and Christopher Lloyd:
It's a young version of both guys. I referred to a screen shot of Walken from The Dogs of War, and Lloyd from One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest.
I spent less time fussing with Lloyd, and I like how he turned out better.
Before these two paintings today, I started and stopped several landscapes and paintings from vacation photos. I couldn't get into them, though. It's kind of weird I just want to keep painting actor's faces.
There is Christopher Walken:
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| 6" x 6" x 1" acrylic on canvas |
...and Christopher Lloyd:
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| 6" x 6" x 1" acrylic on canvas |
It's a young version of both guys. I referred to a screen shot of Walken from The Dogs of War, and Lloyd from One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest.
I spent less time fussing with Lloyd, and I like how he turned out better.
Before these two paintings today, I started and stopped several landscapes and paintings from vacation photos. I couldn't get into them, though. It's kind of weird I just want to keep painting actor's faces.
Wednesday, June 7, 2017
Javier Bardem and Bird Bingo
I keep meaning to catch up on vacations with some landscape paintings, but I'm still stuck in my faces phase.
Javier Bardem is in the new Pirates of the Caribbean movie (which I haven't seen yet). The trailers for Pirates reminded me that he has a good face.
Remember him as the villain from the James Bond movie Skyfall?
He also looked scary in No Country for Old Men
But in real life, he's a pretty handsome guy. So I had to paint his face to try and understand it.
His face confused me. It's an unusual shape. Plus his eyes and nostrils are not symmetrical. It could be better, but I'm done.
Instead of painting, I spent a few days drawing birds on the computer. Then I wrote a little code and developed an adorable Bingo game. If you like sitting on your porch staring at the birds, maybe you will enjoy it as much as Nate and I do.
I created it as a page on my blog just to make something quick that we could play. It turned out so cute, now I kind of want to turn it into an app somehow. Add more birds, maybe add some options. I definitely want to draw more bird icons.
Give it a try! Each time you load the page, it shuffles the birds in a different order. So you can sit on the porch with your friend, load the page on your phones, and have a legit bingo game.
Javier Bardem is in the new Pirates of the Caribbean movie (which I haven't seen yet). The trailers for Pirates reminded me that he has a good face.
Remember him as the villain from the James Bond movie Skyfall?
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| dude, you're creeping me out a little |
He also looked scary in No Country for Old Men
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| oh, now you're really creepy |
But in real life, he's a pretty handsome guy. So I had to paint his face to try and understand it.
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| 8" x 8" x 0.5" acrylic on canvas |
Instead of painting, I spent a few days drawing birds on the computer. Then I wrote a little code and developed an adorable Bingo game. If you like sitting on your porch staring at the birds, maybe you will enjoy it as much as Nate and I do.
I created it as a page on my blog just to make something quick that we could play. It turned out so cute, now I kind of want to turn it into an app somehow. Add more birds, maybe add some options. I definitely want to draw more bird icons.
Give it a try! Each time you load the page, it shuffles the birds in a different order. So you can sit on the porch with your friend, load the page on your phones, and have a legit bingo game.
Thursday, February 16, 2017
Rutger Hauer
Today I painted yet another actor with a great face: Rutger Hauer. He is the Dutch actor that was the replicant "Roy" in Blade Runner.
His other movie that I love is LadyHawke
His other movie that I love is LadyHawke
I guess I painted the LadyHawke version of him.
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| 8" x 8" x 0.5" acrylic on canvas |
Wednesday, January 25, 2017
Henry Cavill
Willem's and Mads' faces were fun to paint because there is a sinister element to them. Or just a touch creepy. Just enough to make it interesting trying to capture those features.
To change things up, I decided to paint Henry Cavill, the actor that plays Superman. Henry looks heroic and classic. Kind of perfect. I found a picture of him where he's in strong sunlight. I like the dark shadows it makes.
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| 8" x 8" x 0.5" acrylic on canvas |
I even captured some little veins on his forehead. His perfect gorgeous forehead.
Before I finished it, I showed Nate what I was working on:
He thought I should leave him without eyes and let it be evil Superman.
Painting faces is fun. Who should I paint next? Nate has suggested Kevin Bacon and/or Christopher Walken. I'm also considering Jack Nicholson. Not sure.
Monday, January 2, 2017
Mads Mikkelsen
After I finished my Willem Dafoe painting, I wanted to do another distinctive face right away. Mads Mikkelsen is a Danish actor. He was the villain in the James Bond movie Casino Royal.
Like Dafoe, his face is slightly mesmerizing to me. So I started painting him... and then let it sit unfinished for over three months.
To my delight, Mikkelsen was in the latest Star Wars movie, Rogue One.
Awesome movie! It inspired me to go back and finish the painting.
His eyes, brow, and snarly lips seem like his signature characteristics. I think I spent 3 hours on his upper lip...
Now he is hanging in my kitchen under the spice rack. Willem is hanging in our half bath. They are strange little paintings and the make me really happy. I'm filling our house with my weird art just like the mom from Beetlejuice.
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| handsome, yet also creepy |
Like Dafoe, his face is slightly mesmerizing to me. So I started painting him... and then let it sit unfinished for over three months.
To my delight, Mikkelsen was in the latest Star Wars movie, Rogue One.
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| rocking the Nordic rugged vibe |
Awesome movie! It inspired me to go back and finish the painting.
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| 12" x 12" x 0.5" acrylic on canvas |
His eyes, brow, and snarly lips seem like his signature characteristics. I think I spent 3 hours on his upper lip...
Now he is hanging in my kitchen under the spice rack. Willem is hanging in our half bath. They are strange little paintings and the make me really happy. I'm filling our house with my weird art just like the mom from Beetlejuice.
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